Doctor Who: 10 Great Tenth Doctor Stories

While an argument can be made that there have been better Doctors, few have been so perfectly needed as this one.

Well, here we are with the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant (who had previously appeared in a number of Big Finish audios). He€™s arguably the most popular Doctor ever, surpassing even Tom Baker. He€™s certainly part of the reason why the series has taken off as much as it has, especially internationally. While an argument can be made that there have been better Doctors, few have been so perfectly needed as this one. If nothing else, can you imagine the series being as popular as it is had Eccleston remained the Doctor for much longer? Russell T. Davies was still the producer of the show during the Tennant years, and looking at a list of Tenth Doctor episodes, I notice that many of them, frankly, suck, and of the ones that don€™t, many are merely mediocre. Also, the less said about Rose€™s character disintegration in this time period, the better. All that aside, there are several gems from this era. Let€™s take a look at ten of them!

10. The Stolen Earth/Journey€™s End (Story 198, 2008)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmMwJbYFAsM I€™ll be the first to admit that there€™re many, many flaws here, especially in part one. The concept of all these planets being rounded up and somehow being used to deploy a bomb that will destroy not just the Doctor Who universe, but every universe, is just silly. Also, if current theories regarding multiverse theory are true, the reality bomb is very problematical, since it means in alternate timelines, the Doctor failed to stop it from going off. I also can€™t ignore the horrible ending where Rose (who had become something of a Mary Sue for Davies), gets to have her cake and eat it, too, and what was done to Donna at the end made me want to ragequit the whole show. That said, this story does serve as a really proper goodbye for the Davies era. Oh, the Doctor doesn€™t (technically) regenerate here, and we do get an official send-off for him and the supporting cast later, but this is the only time everyone is in a story and working together, and that€™s a good thing. While I had a lot of problems with the Davies era, he did know how to generally craft good characters and it was great to see them together here. Plus, hey, as a bonus, Davros is back, and hasn€™t returned since. That€™s just fine with me.
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